Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-29
JAKE SHARP'S TRIAL.
IKE DEFENDANT BELIEVED 10 Be IN
a DYING CONDITION..
The testimony for the Defence Ended ana
the Case Rested Probability OF the
Trial Coming TO suddea
Termination.
ny telegraph to the Dt'patch.l


nv, YORK. June Is Thriy.two days
of trial ,uch Is JACOB sharp has undcr.
conc IN The very heat ~ the summer and
Al his time oi hfc Is an ordeal that c1uho'
De- sstciv passcd; Yet h7s this olu utu'
with al ms manifold phyIcu allmenS'
borne up hrNcN under J.. lie WIS no
wrlcr than usual when NC 'am' 'ut'
..,.rtt.,s nanny. rar did Pee appear 90 De
9i1 n,u.r ttar usual, though NJ >nh u
,,..,t.r tlar thc CNcrt o.! Df. L0omi'''
rrc.clipi % - yesterday "H' 10 make nlu'
.f..,. i.fi,rfIal hc hal 10 any time since
l.i, compliment ~ Jail pr. pnyion' o'
fhc ~,n.t, ,cr'cG force, was rc'ilicd 10
testify with reference q the "cn'F"-N"I-
Csc. l8illosG hii oi lN>S
lc1n NJ s.ribacr. ~ The l1w hrm OF Kp-
h.n.on. >cyihrcs * Bright, "l"p'N icSa
,f,..,.. W.. llacrd Upon The stand, h"t
,,...,tiu.onv prc>, uiei no strong point.
,,-ensr1 N. Tul secretary Of The New
y,,l ohio Rllroad Company, lc, out in
,-,... examination that President Andrews.
~ bi.couptu,. dad make su offer 10 Mayor
Flsor fo IN, Fl. 100000 into the city trca-
,ury f1lttc broadway franchise.
~h4rp'- testimony - a whole before the
S,r,fc investigating committee wss Ield.
Quite uutNDccic1y at this point Par>on>
Sid That Tho d,fauca had ouly three more
-,tps.-,. 1, .Namiuc- George Bliss and
John McMshon and ,iuhu> Hcldmlo, two
,renb,r> Of Tie Schnolcr Club. Bliss then
f,ok 'bo witnc>, char. lie related how hc
had hccn %: upon by The investigating
committee wh,n ne attempted 70 demand
flir pl.v for sharp. Tue uniairnc>S con-
>i.icd in not permitting sharp to accom-
plry hls au>Tcrs With explanations.
Ato31tl, defence rested thclrca,e, and
Julsc Barrett adjourned court until IT,
morrow morning, ~h,u the summing up
will tc-in.
The N4i' and Eyprc,,. in IT. extra : =.
NJ. edition. Az. Il is believed that jake
sharp u dying IN, physicians and law
vols >aV hl, condition i very critical. HIS
defence ended IN fIsco 90 80 O'Clock tins
afternoon. Every one was surprised at
tlc sudden turn IN affairs. Al the begis-
u.u. II the trill II Wa> Sharp's expressed
Ce',rminalion 10 take the stand in his own
defence. He explained TO his counsel how
D.. would answer and explain all seeming
deficiencies ~ his examination before the
=. ustc committee. lie went - far n
f1 avpw talt BE- would rather be
convicted than permit statements OF
witncs.c, FOR the Prosecution q 20 un-
suufradirttd hy him. Everything was ar
ranged that sharp should testify. From
the beginning ~ the trial until the Night
tlli Judge Barrett ordered his comBlital
o. I.udlow.S,roc, Jail sharp spent several
hours every day after the adjournment ot
le court 10 periCcting the statement which
De- would make 20 the jury. From the
time th3t be- was confined in jail hc has
failed, and YESTERDAY afternoon when his
f.lr fN..s
stand they found 10 their horror that
~hsrp was pby~ical wreck, aud that even
mentally BE- was not ~ III condition 10 be
O. witness. IL is the opinion ~ Sharps
tft,lciau> that Dee cauuOt live longer thIu
i,r ds,.or tao weeks. The slightest eX.
..'.utut viii cause death, owing 10 the
.,'Uiuor ~ ti> heart In the next few
a.t> DBL, business viii be wound
rn with view % the end. \ scheme
u.s. under consideration hy those Interested
in >llri's c.>o Which, # carried ou5 she.
r..,.a.y. Wl'l tasc the ct,e oJt Of the jurls-
....n = tie jury tomorrow before the
lN',r, nav, @ chance 10 display their
l.N D, - Ora'o-v Do summing mp. II has
...r suggested fh4t certificates from such
,ulr.rtr '>ic'3n- - Professor LOOMS and
I. e~>Otisfs~ that sharp would i'm AL
probability drop dead i'm the courtroom
when me jury brought in their verdict. il
Ds~c should Doe given them, 10 matter
whether fho verdict Doe guilty or not guiltv,
would result in Judge Barrett stopping the
trial lust IS here 10 j.. In any event his adj
,ocsic, arc precisely Of the opinion. after
listening 90 he advice II the doctors. that
sharp Nil never live o. 20 10 sing sing.
Sheriff Crate W. 80 fearful thi, afternoon
mat sharp would die I'm Ludiow-N,reet jail
ih,t Doe kcI, mm IN his private office Tor
1884,. hours after the court had adjourned.